PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PAYMENTS TO FOOTBALL AGENTS (17 January 2006)

Motion Details

That this House notes with astonishment that in the past six months Football League clubs paid agents £4.4 million; urges Premiership clubs also to publish on a regular basis how much they pay agents; notes with dismay that this is money which is taken out of football; questions the benefit to football from agents being paid such large sums; further notes with considerable concern yet more allegations relating to financial and other irregularities; and calls on the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to hold an inquiry into the activities of football agents.

Sponsored by:
Sir Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat)

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40%
 
 
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Independent
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18%
 
 
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8%
 
 
Conservative
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5%
 
 
Speaker
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Con
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Lab
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DUP
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East Londonderry
Lab
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Lab
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Lab
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DUP
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Lab
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SDLP
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Lab
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LD
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Westmorland and Lonsdale
WPB
George Galloway
LD
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St Ives
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Mr David Hamilton
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Ind
Lady Hermon
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
LD
Mark Hunter
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
LD
Mr John Leech
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Con
Sir Mike Penning
Lab
Mr Greg Pope
LD
John Pugh
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
LD
Paul Rowen
LD
Sir Bob Russell (Sponsor)
Lab
Alan Simpson
DUP
David Simpson
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
David Taylor
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Lab
Joan Walley
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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